17 Apr 2025
Self-test makes cervical screening more convenient, comfortable - study
Aotearoa New Zealand has embraced self-tests for cervical screening with a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-le...
09 Apr 2025
Whānau at the forefront for researchers
Whānau is at the heart of cancer research projects set to be undertaken by three Otago scholarship recipients.
09 Apr 2025
Otago part of international collaboration on deepfake AI research
An Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration working to protect democracy, identity, and business from...
09 Apr 2025
App makes playground selection a walk in the park
Just in time for the school holidays, a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academic has released a web app to he...
07 Apr 2025
Breakthrough provides potential for precise melanoma treatment
A major step forward has been made in predicting how well melanoma patients would respond to treatment, thanks to world-...
03 Apr 2025
Otago travel award sparks Swedish pharmacy connection
Geographically, the University of Otago and Sweden’s University of Uppsala couldn’t be much further apart.
02 Apr 2025
Quit-smoking aids don’t raise risk of major birth defects – study
Pregnant women who need help to stop smoking can be reassured quit aids such as nicotine patches and varenicline do not...
29 Mar 2025
Study will improve predictions of ice sheet movement
A University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study is developing innovative methods to accurately predict how ice sh...
28 Mar 2025
Working with Tiwai Point artefacts ‘incredible opportunity’
For one Otago researcher, a decades-old archaeological project studying eleven tonnes of artefacts from Tiwai Point – in...
28 Mar 2025
NZ needs options to remove ill or infirm leaders – researchers
New Zealand needs to develop options for removing leaders when their decision-making abilities are impaired, the authors...
27 Mar 2025
Resourcing issues in the spotlight at Tourism Policy School
Tourism industry, government and research leaders are set to gather at the Otago Tourism Policy School in Queenstown nex...
26 Mar 2025
New Zealand-Germany collaboration will boost studies into obesity
Dr Aline Boer is one of several early career New Zealand researchers about to head to Germany to work on a collaborative...